Improvement in sleighs



0. P. KIMBAL'L.

Sleigh. No. 99,207. Patented Ja n.25,1870.

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Letters Patent No. 99,207, dated January 25, 1870 IMPROVEMENT INSLEIGHS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, O. P. KIMBALL, ofPortland, in the county of Cumberland, and State of Maine, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Sleighs; and I hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had 'to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which is seen a side elevation of a portion of asleigh, with my improvement thereon.

The purpose of my improvement is to provide a device, convenient andeasy of access, for cleansing the bottoms of the covering of the feet,before entering the sleigh, so as to do away with the liability to carrysnow, moisture, {and dirt into the sleigh, or on the robes or rugs, 85c.\Vhatever of snow, 850., that may adhere to the boots of a personentering a sleigh, is usually removed by knocking thefeet against theposts or the runners of the vehicle. I

I propose to attach, at some point between the runner and the rail of asleigh, and at a convenient place near to where persons usually stepinto a sleigh, a piece of wood or metal, or a combination of the two,with such an edge that before entering the vehicle, the bottoms of thefeet can be drawn over the same, in order to remove all adheringsubstances, and to enable the person getting in to do so with cleanfeet.

The drawings show a convenient and secure method of thus attaching thedevice, a being the scraper, b, a metal brace, running diagonally downfrom the post 0 to the runner d, and the other end of thescraper beingbolted into the post e. Thus the device is eas ily used by any one,either standing on the ground or in the sleigh.

The scraper may rise from the runner by two uprights, and other similarmethods might be employed.

As seen in the drawing, the brace l) and the scraper are of one piece ofmetal.

I do not, of course, claim a foot-scraper, however constructed,irrespective of its combination or association.

I do not here claim, broadly, a scraper, when attached to vehicles. Ilimit this application to an improvement in sleighs.

The brace b, by itself, is not new. 1

The scraper a, being in a line, or nearly in a line, with the posts andrunner, is not liable to catch to anything, and so be broken off.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The improved brace b, that is, when made together with the scraper a,and to support, or aid in supporting the same, as herein set forth.

2. The described combination of the brace I), having, as a part of it,the scraper a, with the two posts 0 and e, and with the runner d, as setforth.

0. P. KIMBALL.

Witnesses:

W. H. CLIFFORD, HENRY O. Housron.

